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The 10 charging stations, worth about $70,000 in all, were given to the city at no cost by ChargePoint Inc. of Campbell, which received a $37 million federal Department of Energy grant to install such stations at public facilities across the country


We upper class rich folks want to thank all you little people for the $10,000 subsidy to buy our Teslas and for the free electricity to recharge our batteries. All in the name of global warming you know.

1 posted on 09/03/2014 5:59:39 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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Maybe someone should tell the dumb asses in Redwood City that “global warming” ended in 1998.


2 posted on 09/03/2014 6:02:42 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Politicians and diapers must be changed often for the same reason)
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I guess it must be free to somebody but the other somebody is payin’ for it. I noticed a couple of places around town that have “charging” stations. I didn’t really look that close to see if there’s a place to put your credit card or not. Just think how great you would feel if you were “doing something” about the fate of the world by driving a tesla or prius or whatever. I think I need to run to mickey D’s and get some sausage biscuts with the old hemi.


3 posted on 09/03/2014 6:04:09 AM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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There’s a free Tesla charging station near my house. I told a Tesla owner I was going to get a trailer and load it up with batteries. Charge it for free and run my house on it. He got all huffy.


5 posted on 09/03/2014 6:08:20 AM PDT by CA_soon_gone
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So the city incurs no capital expense to buy or install these electric chargers?

And I'll bet that the contract calls for ChargePoint to pay for maintenance for xx years.

And now the city wants tax paying citizens (or not) to pay for the “I can charge my electric car for a dollar” electricity?

9 posted on 09/03/2014 6:27:42 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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Does anyone know how much the electricity costs to completely charge up an electric car?


11 posted on 09/03/2014 6:32:22 AM PDT by Ditter
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Who didn’t see this one coming?


12 posted on 09/03/2014 6:36:36 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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If they give out free electric to they should also give out free gasoline, bus tickets, train rides, etc.


15 posted on 09/03/2014 6:41:06 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Why democrat voters are like sperm: Only 1 in a million work.)
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I have to pay for every KWH I use in electricity at my property.

WHY should anyone get to charge their cars for free”?

Are not the local taxpayers paying for this ‘free charging” ??????

I would put up a recall for every single city official who voted for this kind of nonsense.

BTW—The towing companies are having a surge in business with all the electric cars that are dying on the long open Nevada highways.


20 posted on 09/03/2014 8:20:27 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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the city has provided some charging stations at no cost as part of its effort to fight global warming


22 posted on 09/03/2014 9:27:01 AM PDT by caveat emptor
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